Windows 8: Now It's Official

Microsoft threw a big party on a Hudson River pier on Thursday to officially launch the Windows 8 operating system.

They stressed that Windows RT won't run legacy Windows applications - but comes with lots of important apps installed - like Office, Email, music and games. They told everyone that the new Surface RT is incredibly wonderful just as it comes out of the box.

The Surface RT officially goes on sale on Friday. Surface tablets with Intel processors, running the full Windows 8, will go on sale early in 2013.